- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Work Quotes
Quotes on the meaning of work.
Several quotes here describe work as a solitary process, one that takes real effort to protect from distraction, while others connect a person's politics directly to the character of their work. Related reading includes Growth Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Go Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
Honestly, I try to forget Fashion Week once it's over. I just want to go home and rest and just forget I even did it. It could drive you crazy! It's just show after show after show, and you're missing your family and they feel really far away. You don't go to sleep. You work for a month.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't leave Wall Street because the work was against my nature - I do have a pretty good head for numbers. I left because I had this love for writing.
- Morning
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- Nov 07, 2020
Before I start my work in the morning, I need to have quickly browsed the entire paper, noting articles that I want to read during lunch.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
After college, I was living in New York and wrote furiously, a huge novel that I knew was a failure. I hoped that the book would work, but to be honest, I think I knew it would never work, even as I was finishing it.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
We grow up with this idea that we're all individual agents. We work, make our money, have our place to live and our satellite TV. But whether you like it or not, you need family or community.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
My writing day follows my family's day. I get a good few hours in the mornings when the kids are out of the house. And I don't work at night any more. I like to see my family.
- Netflix
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a fan of the Marvel shows. I think some of what they're doing and the work on Netflix is fantastic.
- Puppy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to work at a puppy nursery.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been on so many movies. Generally, I haven't gotten to be on the ground level. As of two years ago, in 'Dear John,' I got to really be on the ground floor. I wasn't a producer. I felt like I put the work in, and I did have a lot of sway on what got fixed, reshoots, so on and so forth. It felt really good.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that the divorce rate's over 50% for a reason. I don't think people are taking enough time now to really see if they can make it work and live together.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe in love. I believe in good stories. I play really hard on the weekends because I like to have those stories. My wife and I go off and do craziness all the time. We're just like, 'What can we go get into this weekend?' Then we have other ones where we just sit and do nothing and then we have work that we do. It's all memories.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I realized that my mother was at the center of my work, because now that my mother is no longer there, there's nobody left.
- Time
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- Nov 07, 2020